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Joe Allen completes £15m move to Liverpool from Swansea City• 'You'd think he was a Spanish player,' Brendan Rodgers says



  Brendan Rodgers has likened Joe Allen to a Spanish footballer, and admitted he would have paid more than £15m for the Wales international, after Liverpool completed his transfer from Swansea City.



The 22-year-old signed a long-term contract at Anfield on Friday night that will treble his Swansea wages of £15,000 a week. He had travelled to Merseyside to see Liverpool beat Gomel in the Europa League on Thursday, setting up an all-British play-off with Hearts, after the Anfield club met the £15m release clause in his contract.



"You'd think he was a Spanish player, a real European player. I would have paid many more millions for this kid," said Rodgers, who managed Allen at Swansea. "He is a unique player in that he's a British player who doesn't give the ball away. When he comes into this team you'll see the difference he can make.



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guardian.co.uk, Friday 10 August 2012 21.29 BST